Poplar Publishing Newcomer Novel Award ぽぷらしゃしょうせつしんじんしょう
Edition 10 (2020)
Winners
4 peopleA coming-of-age novel told from the perspectives of three girls at the same school, capturing the suffocating feeling and lack of belonging of adolescence.
Even if the days are the same, the world each girl sees is slightly different.
A gourmet mystery in which a poor live-in housekeeper and a wealthy boy detective solve cases with the help of simple ingredient-add-on cooking tips.
The secret to solving the case is a little extra ingredient.
A story of Satsuki, who works at a garden shop after losing her parent and begins to confront her own life when she takes in her sister's daughter.
Looking again at a solitary life while tending to plants.
A historical novel in which Chigusa, who believes in her husband's innocence, opens a bento shop in Edo with her brother-in-law and makes lunch boxes that reflect the feelings of her customers.
Lighting up people's feelings with bento.